The website of a US public television news program said its website had been targeted by hackers who planted a false story about rapper Tupac Shakur.The website of the NewsHour program was briefly shut down, but the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) told visitors that "no personal information or email addresses were compromised in any way during the incident."On Sunday a story appeared on the site saying that Shakur was still alive and hiding out in New Zealand.The rapper was gunned down in 1996 in Las Vegas.

The Twittersphere was alive Monday with discussion about an eye-popping performance by rapper Tupac Shakur at a US music festival -- 16 years after he died.The vividly life-like hologram performance, which was in the top 10 trending topics on Twitter and mentioned at least 40 times a minute, shocked some fans at the Coachella music and arts festival in Indio, California.Tupac, who was gunned down in 1996 in Las Vegas, appeared to rise from the stage, asking "What up, Coachella?" before being joined on stage by flesh-and-blood rap stars Snoop Dogg and Dr Dre.

You've probably heard that rapper Tupac Shakur's hologram was a hit at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival, but you may not know that the company that created the virtual image has been around for more than 20 years.

Tupac Shakur performed at the Coachella Music Festival in Indio, California last Sunday night.?? ??It was reportedly an impressive set, all the more so since Tupac was slain in 1996.?? Shakur was resurrected as a hologram (or according to Russell Potter writing in the Times a "Pepper's Ghost"), and video of the event shows an ...